Going on holiday is one or two weeks escape from everyday life but if we’re not insured – what happens if the airline or hotel goes bust? April 30 saw changes made to the CAA, Civil Aviation Authority, ATOL scheme which will result in millions more ...

A holiday should be a break from the humdrum of everyday life but just how many travellers make sure they are covered should they be stranded abroad. The Volcanic Ash cloud and the recession hitting travel operators focussed the mind but also changes have ...

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has indicated that repatriation and consumer financial protection could be separated in future manifestations of the Atol rules. Speaking at Tuesday’s Barclays Travel Forum Richard Jackson, group director consumer ...

They should all have plans in place that will allow you to continue with your holiday. Possibly. If you have booked an Atol-backed package the tour operator has to absorb any extra costs – be they transportation costs, taxes or anything else t ...

The new Flight Plus rules, as they are known to the trade, will mean that, from Monday, many more bookings that combine flights and hotels will be protected by the Civil Aviation Authority’s Atol scheme, under which holidaymakers are refunded when travel ...

Our UK office operates from 9am to 9pm, Monday to Sunday. Your money is safe with Tropical Sky The air holiday packages shown on the Tropical Sky website are all ATOL protected by the Civil Aviation Authority. Our ATOL number is ATOL 9759. Please see our ...

The Air Travel Organisers Licensing (ATOL) scheme, managed by the Civil Aviation Authority, is intended to provide peace of mind to holidaymakers who have bought a package holiday that includes a flight. If the travel company they purchased the holiday ...

I still can’t believe that a travel agency is operating in the U.K without any ATOL cover. Having done by investigations recently, I can strongly confirm that this travel agency was not part of ATOL yet operated as a business and was asking customers to ...

Passengers who have booked a package holiday that includes a flight with the airline will also be protected under the ATOL scheme and should contact their travel agent. Consumers can also contact the Consumer Council Contact Centre on 0800 121 6022 from ...

A UK-based independent tour operator to Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, Olympic Holidays, has claimed that June packages to Greece offer "the best value ever, and reassures travelers that, even if Greece does leave the Euro, ATOL-bonded packages would be unaffected."